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WASHINGTON — Florida remained the nation’s hotspot for fraud and identity theft in 2014, burdened by the highest per-person rate of consumer complaints. Among metro areas, South Florida topped the list for ID-theft complaints for the fifth year in a row, according to figures released by the Federal Trade Commission. But the complaints dwindled from prior years, a sign that an intense federal and local crackdown has had an impact. Florida — long known for flimflam, bogus swamp sales and Medicare fraud — was home to seven of the top 20 metro areas for consumer fraud complaints. The state is the third most populous with 19.9 million but has the highest fraud rate...

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